IST launches public awareness campaign with ‘quick-start guide’ for protecting small businesses from ransomware threats

The Institute for Security and Technology is launching a public awareness campaign aimed at bolstering small business defenses to safeguard against ransomware threats, with a publication introducing a common set of cyber controls.

The #PrepareDontPay effort is a “joint awareness campaign to educate non-cyber stakeholders on ransomware defense, provide free and low cost guides and resources to small businesses on defending against ransomware, and highlight the need for further action to disrupt ransomware attacks at scale,” IST explained in a...